Ironman Switzerland-Triathlon - August

Advantages: Fun
Disadvantages: Not many

There wasn't a category for Triathlon as such, so hopefully here will do. Triathlon isn't one of the most popular sports in exsitence, but it is becoming more and more popular and is a well established Olympic Sport. Triathlon, as the name suggests, consists of three sports which are swimming, cycling and running. Each racer must compete each discipline whilst trying to be faster than their competitors. The first leg of the triathlon consists of ...
...long distance when you consider how far people run in races, but I can imagine having to swim that far would be pretty difficult!! The swim normally takes place in a natural river, which adds to the difficulty. Luckily the competitors wear wetsuits so they aren't going to freeze to death!! It takes the runners around 20 minutes to do the swim, but obviously depends upon the conditions. Once you're out the water it's a mad dash to run to your bike, ... Read review